The Woman in the Window
An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors only to witness a disturbing act of violence.
- Released: 2021-05-14
- Runtime: 102 minutes
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Thrillers
- Stars: Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Fred Hechinger, Julianne Moore, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Wyatt Russell, Anthony Mackie, Mariah Bozeman, Brian Tyree Henry, Jeanine Serralles, Liza Colón-Zayas, Anna Cameron, Diane Dehn, Tracy Letts, Haven Burton, Ben Davis, Daymien Valentino, Myers Bartlett, Blake Morris
- Director: Joe Wright
Comments
- Science-Fiction-Double-Feature - 9 March 2024
Disappointing for a movie I was excited about watching...
When I first watched this trailer for this movie, it seemed like an interesting story. It had sort of a stalkerish feel to it as this character, Anna, was watching her neighbours from her home. But, given that the name of the movie seemed to represent the trailer well, it ended up boring. However, the last bit was intense, with Ethan's character coming in and making this thriller more of a thriller and the mysterious killing of Anna's new neighbour friend, Jane. It just dragged on more than I wanted it to. It was just too much talking for me, which made it boring. However, it makes sense for a psychological thriller to commonly have much talking to add to the mystery to mess with one's mind. This didn't seem to carry an actual good storyline through it. But Anna's story about her family was sad, though. Plus, the cat was cute, named Punch. But besides that, I expected better. - 45116Cynic - 22 June 2023
Hitchcock anyone?
I haven't read the book on which this movie is based, but I hope it is less formulaic and cliched. This was a poor man's "Rear Window" with more blood and violence and none of the suspense. In fact, a clip of the Hitchcock movie was shown. A good cast who were woefully under-used. The sole exception being the leading actress, who was in pretty much every scene and certainly worked hard for her fee. Gary Oldman popped in for a couple of scenes, as did Julianne Moore, but they were wasted in a movie which just never reached its potential. It felt as though the makers were working from a formulaic list - time for the creepy lodger, time for the wife/murder victim to enter, time for everyone to gather together and conclude that the protagonist is a drunken, pill-popping kook, time to show the deaths of her family (whom she thinks she calls every day) and finally, time for the twist - it was the one you least suspected. A real shame.
